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Miami: Bam Adebayo (left quadriceps contusion) has been downgraded to questionable. PJ Tucker (right calf strain) has been downgraded to questionable. Dewayne Dedmon (right ankle sprain) has been downgraded to questionable. Gabe Vincent (right big toe contusion) has been downgraded to probable. Markieff Morris (left hip flexor strain) has been downgraded to questionable. Haywood Highsmith (left hip flexor strain) has been downgraded to questionable.
Source: Alberto De Roa @ HoopsHype

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Signing an NBA contract isn’t a guarantee that you’ll ever play a regular-season game in your career.

Joe Mussatto: Presti on a possible Dort extension: “We’ll definitely have a conversation on that. I don’t know when those conversations will pick up. We’ll have some different options. I don’t want to get into all of them.”
Source: Twitter @joe_mussatto

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Anthony Edwards said he’s going to use this elevated platform to show up and show out. “I think it’s very important to play at my best because they hide me during the regular season as far as no national TV games,” Edwards told Yahoo Sports after the 130-117 win. “So, people don’t really get to see me play unless I have an enormous game where I score 40-something or hit a game-winning shot or I get a huge dunk. I feel like games like this, I have to take advantage of because it’s the only time I... Читать дальше...

Eddie Sefko: Donovan Mitchell on Rudy Gobert being a finalist for DPOY: “Are you surprised? I’m not.” Added that Gobert had a huge impact on game 1 with only one shot from the field.
Source: Twitter @ESefko

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Marc Stein: “I think he’s definitely going in the right direction,” Kidd says of Doncic. “He’s doing more every day.”
Source: Twitter @TheSteinLine

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Ira Winderman: Bam Adebayo on not being a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year, “disrespectful, obviously.”
Source: Twitter @IraHeatBeat

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Mo Dakhil: Um, Kyrie is going to get a big fine but my man in bottom right corner’s face has me dying. Bobby Marks: The most he can get is $50K.
Source: Twitter @BobbyMarks42

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Bulls guard Alex Caruso won’t be fully healthy for the first-round playoff series against the Bucks. Coach Billy Donovan said it, and it was apparent Sunday in Game 1. But the Bulls have little choice but to take the approach that Caruso will give them everything he has each game. That’s why Donovan and the medical staff had him on a minutes watch, even though he began the series as a starter. ‘‘He’s felt the best I think he has felt,’’ Donovan said. ‘‘Is he 100%? No, but he’s a lot better than he was those games before he sat out. Читать дальше...

KC Johnson: Billy Donovan thought Giannis went over Patrick Williams’ back, which would’ve been Giannis Antetokounmpo 6th foul. Instead, Williams drew a foul.
Source: Twitter @KCJHoop

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Nick Friedell: Kyrie Irving: “When people start yelling p**** or b**** and f** you, and all this stuff there’s only but so much you can take as a competitor. We’re the ones expected to be docile and be humble, take a humble approach, f*** that, it’s the playoffs. This is what it is.”
Source: Twitter @NickFriedell

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Yet it has since been conveyed to me that the Lakers have more boundaries than advertised when it comes to weighing Russell Westbrook trades. One league source said that injury histories would be a prime consideration in any deal, given how injuries have so routinely intruded upon the last two seasons for both 37-year-old LeBron James and 29-year-old Anthony Davis.
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

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Josh Lewenberg: To little surprise, Scottie Barnes has been announced as a finalist for Rookie of the Year, along with Evan Mobley and Cade Cunningham. Award winners will be announced during the playoffs.
Source: Twitter @JLew1050

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The Chicago Bulls (0-1) play against the Milwaukee Bucks (0-0) at Fiserv Forum

Game Time: 6:30 PM EDT on Sunday April 17, 2022

After an incredible game in Boston, the Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-115 with Jayson Tatum’s game-winning buzzer-beater layup.

Nick Friedell: Jayson Tatum wins it at the buzzer with a layup. Celtics win it 115-114. TD Garden is going absolutely nuts. Kyrie finishes with 39 points. Tatum finishes with 31 points and the game-winner. Celtics up 1-0. Game 2 is Wednesday.
Source: Twitter @NickFriedell

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StatMuse: — Stomp on Lucky — Finger to fans Kyrie Irving really hates Boston. pic.twitter.com/r01MJAZh4a
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Gerald Bourguet: Devin Booker misses out on being an MVP finalist behind Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo. He could still be in the top-5, but he’s not one of the 3 finalists
Source: Twitter @GeraldBourguet

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Ira Winderman: Bam Adebayo NOT a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year. It’s Rudy Gobert, Marcus Smart, Mikal Bridges.
Source: Twitter @IraHeatBeat

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Jordan Schultz: Breaking: #Raptors’ star rookie Scottie Barnes is out for Game 2 against the #76ers, per source. X-Rays were negative on Barnes’ left ankle, which he injured in Game 1. Best case scenario, I’m told, is Nick Nurse/Toronto remain hopeful he will return later in the series.
Source: Twitter @Schultz_Report

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Sarah K. Spencer: John Collins: “I don’t necessarily know if I’ll feel 100% anytime soon… It’s more so about just understanding can I can go out there and feel comfortable, can I go out there and just hoop.” ajc.com/sports/atlanta…
Source: Twitter @sarah_k_spence

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Harrison Wind: Draymond Green on Nikola Jokic: “I feel like he’s going to try and come out and give me 40, 15 and 15 next game…He’s pissed off and he’s coming back with vengeance tomorrow.”
Source: Twitter @HarrisonWind

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